A few personal reflections before hosting a panel on methodologies of production at i-Docs 2018 (21-23 of March, Bristol). Our application to the IF Lab 2018 workshop, a training in interactive storytelling, is opened till mid February. But why should you apply? What is !F Lab, and what are we trying to do? While I am waiting for challenging and inquisitive …
Cyber Chile
It is amazing how much one can learn in 5 days. I am just back from Santiago del Chile, where I spent 5 days far from “other things to do” and free to listen, observe, absorb and let connections happen. Mike Robbins and myself were invited by Maria Court (remember The Quipu Project?), Enrique Rivera (Director of the Media Art …
!F Lab, episode 1: StoryBooster
When stories go interactive it is not only the story that gets fragmented, but the whole production process that needs to accept a new redistribution of roles and creative responsibilities. We now have to include some crucial new players: the designers, the creative technologists, the coders, of course, but also the users – which are now active members of this living new …
Submit your ideas to !F Lab till the 6th of April
A year ago iDROPS and myself submitted a proposal to Creative Europe (Media Programme): we wanted to create a series of workshops designed to help professionals to develop their own interactive documentaries. We wanted to create something that would be more like an incubator than an inspirational seminar. Something very hands-on, where you are immersed in a multi-disciplinary environment so …
The Learn Do Share (London) experience
Have you ever observed kids playing with lego blocks? Sometimes they start with an idea (I want to build the tallest possible tower), sometimes they invent a story (I am a princess that is getting lost in an enchanted world) and use the blocks as props to visualise the world they want to create, and then sometimes they already have …
sign up for WEBDOX (Leuven) and the i-doc workshop (Nyon)!
Although there is no i-Docs conference this year in Bristol, the i-Docs team has been very busy taking part to several international initiatives that are worth mentioning: Judith Aston, Mandy Rose and Arnau Gifreu will be at the i-doc workshop in Nyon (Switzerland) on the 18-22 of April. This is a 3 days course on i-doc making so… sign …
DIY Days Ghent: a free one day workshop for digital storytellers
idrops has managed to gather an amazing cast of digital experts to deliver Europe’s first DIY Day! This is a one day workshop for storytellers to learn how to finance, develop, distribute and sustain themselves as collaborative entrepreneurs. As it is a free event (you just need to register) I really suggest you have a look to their programme and sign …